I've assembled as many interesting
weather facts as I can to make this world weather trivia page. Obviously
I didn't know all these facts off the top of my head. Some I discovered
myself, but the I had to hunt around for the vast majority. The internet
was, needless to say, a particulary handy source, especially regarding
American weather. Another good source proved to be old weather periodicals,
such as The Meteorological Magazine which seemed much more
intent on facts and figures than research. If you scroll to the bottom
of this page you'll find a list of sources. Incidentally, if any of these
facts turn out to be wrong, or records quoted get broken please
and let me know. Thanks.

Aug 21975 The hottest day on record
on Rhode Island as temperatures reach 40C in Providence. Meanwhile, it
was also the hottest day on record in nearby Massachussetts where New Bedford
and Chester registered highs of 41.7C. Temperatures also reached 38-40C
in coastal areas of Maine. Later the day became known as 'Hot Saturday'.
91990 Wales' hottest day on
record; temperatures reach 35.2C at Hawarden Bridge, Clwyd.2002 August 2002 was very
wet in northern England. Between 2100GMT on the 1st and 1200GMT on the
2nd 90mm rain fell in Leeming, North Yorkshire, 26mm in just one hour,
leading to flood warnings on a number of rivers. At Leeming 122.9mm rain
had fallen between 0900GMT on 30th July and 0600GMT 2nd August. The
average August rainfall here is 62mm. Meanwhile, in Scarborough close to
50mm rain fell in 2 days, leading to local flooding. Here it was some of
the worst weather in 50 years.

Aug 31898 One of Philadelphia's
worst thunderstorms on record; 148.3mm rain falls in just 2 hours. 201948 The Netherlands registers
its record maximum 24 hour precipitation as 208mm rain falls at Voorthuizen.1970 One of the worst hurricanes
on record in Texas. Hurricane Celia makes landfall near Port Aransas. Corpus
Christie bore the brunt of the storm - winds reached 125mph (200kmh) gusting
161mph (258kmh) and caused severe damage to the city. Peak gusts were estimated
to have reached 180mph (288kmh) at Aransas Pass and even 250 miles inland
at Del Rio Celia still gusted to 89mph (142kmh). Celia killed 11, inhured
466, caused $454 million damage and destroyed 8950 homes along the coastal
bend of Texas. 201987 A thunderstorm at Cheynne,
Wyoming causes $37 million damage and dumps hail up to 5cm in diameter
on the city. 201990 The UK's secod hottest
day on record; temperatures reach 37.1C at Cheltenhan, Gloucestershire.1995 South Bend, Indiana records
its wettest 24 hours ever as 122.7mm rain falls. 20

Aug 41881 Iberia and Europe's hottest
day on record. Temperatures in Seville, Spain reach 50.0C whilst across
the border in Los Riodades registers both Europe's and Portugal's record
high of 50.5C.1980 In Dallas, the last 42
days had seen highs above 38.7C (100F), a record in the city. There were
another 18 '100 degree days' in August and 4 in September. July was the
hottest month on record here (perhaps not surprisingly) and there was just
one day with rain in July and none in August. 201987 Morning thunderstorms
in western Nebraska dumped 221.2mm rain on Dalton whilst in Dix hail up
to 10cm in diameter fell up to a depth of more than a metre in some places.
20

Aug 51961 Temperatures reach 47.8C
in Ice Harbor Dam, Washington, the state's hottest day on record. 91994 Temperatures reached
a high of 36.2C in Milan, Italy, the hottest day of the 1990's here. Meanwhile
on the same day temperatures in Fairbanks, Alaska reached 33.4C, the hottest
August day on record here. 20, 252002 Tropical Storm Bertha
became the first tropical system of the 2002 Atlantic hurricane to make
landfall over the US. Bertha dumped 181.4mm rain on Pascagoula, Mississippi
in the 24 hours between 0000 GMT on the 5th and 0000 GMT on the 6th. Meanwhile,
in the 6 hours between 0600 and 1200 GMT on the 6th Bertha dumped 68mm
on St. Louis, Missouri.

Aug 61905 Indiana registers its
record maximum 24 hour precipitation as 266.7mm rain falls at Princeton.
111918 A heavtwave extending
along the US Atlantic coast from the Carolinas to southern New England
led to highs reaching 41.1C in Washington DC, the hottest day on record
here (a record equalled on July 20th 1930) whilst in Maryland highs reached
42.8C in both Cumberland and Keedysville, the highest temperature ever
recorded in Maryland. The next day highs peaked at 41.1C in Philadelphia,
the hottest day on record here. 201958 Hurricane Dot crossed
Kauai in the Hawaiian islands producing mean winds of 103mph (165kmh) gusting
to 125mph (200kmh) and over 150mm rain. On Hawaii itself Dot dumped more
than 230mm rain. 201969 Iowa registers its record
maximum 24 hour precipitation as 424.2mm rain falls at Decatur County.
111986 An intense thunderstorm
at Milwaukee dumped 173.7mm rain in 24 hours on the city. At one various
stages of the storm 27.8mm fell in 5 minutes, 61.5mm fell in half an hour
and 133.1mm fell in two hours. Most of the rainfall fell within a 6 hour
period. 201993 Severe thunderstorms
produced 18 tornadoes in Virginia in a 5 hour period. One, a F4, killed
4 and injured 246 in Petersburg. 202002 103mm rain falls in the
30 hours ending 1200 GMT on the 6th in Warsaw, Poland. The average August
rainfall here is 70mm. Meanwhile, showers and thunderstorms dump a fair
amount of rain over Florida; between 0100 on the 6th and 0100 on the 7th
(local time) 65.8mm fell at St. Petersburg-Clearwater airport, 65.0mm at
Tampa, 19.3mm at Miami International Airport and 28.2mm at Orlando Executive
Airport.

Aug 71904 89 train passengers were
drowned during flash flooding near Pueblo, California when a bridge collapsed.
201969 Cuba's hottest day on
record; temperatures reach 38.6C at Guantánamo.2003 The Netherlands records
one of its hottest days on records; temperatures reach 37.8C in Arcen.

Aug 81878 Denver, Colorado's hottest
day on record; highs reach 40.6C. 201883 A ship on Lake Michigan
(one of the Great Lakes) and shore points around the lake report snow showers.
201923 Temperatures in Toulouse,
France reach 43.9C. At the time this was believed to be the hottest day
ever recorded in France. 231989 Early evening thunderstorms
over Las Vegas generate gusts up to 116mph (186 kmh) which damage or destroy
82 aircraft at Henderson Sky Harbor Aiport and McCarran International Airport.
201995 Ohio registers its record
maximum 24 hour precipitation as 273.1mm rain falls at Lockington Dam.
112002 Between 0000 GMT 5th
August and 1200 GMT 8th August 435mm rain fell in Wando, just off the south
coast of South Korea. The average August rainfall here is 166mm. 212mm
of this rain fell in the the 12 hours between 0000 GMT and 1200 GMT on
the 7th and 278mm of it fell in the 36 hours between 0000 GMT on the 6th
and 1200 GMT on the 7th.

Aug 91930 Temperatures reach 45C
in Perryville, Tennessee, the state's hottest day on record. 92003 Temperatures reach 32.9C
in Greycrook, Scotland which is Scotland's hottest day on record. 36

Aug 101898 Temperatures reach 48.3C
in Pendleton, Oregon, the state's joint hottest day on record. 91936 Temperatures reach 48.9C
in Ozark, Arkansas, the state's hottest day on record. It's also Lousiana's
hottest day on record as temperatures at Plain Dealing reach 45.6C. 91951 Romania's hottest day
on record; temperatures reach 44.5C in Ion Sion.1975 Temperatures reach 36.4C
in Holstebro, Denmark, Denmark's hottest day on record.2003 The hottest day on record
in the UK. Gravesend records 38.1C and Brogdale (near Faversham) records
38.5C. On the same day parts of northeastern England were affected by an
intense thunderstorm; at Carlton-in-Cleveland 47mm rain fell in just 12
minutes, 30mm of it in just 5 minutes. This is the highest 5 minute rainfall
total ever recorded in the UK. Hail up to 20mm in diameter also fell. This
rainfall rate (which equates to between 360 and 235 mm/hr) is the most
intense on record in the UK for a sub 10 minute storm. 35

Aug 111831 A violent hurricane strikes
Barbados on the 10th and 11th leaving 1500 to 2000 dead. 71933 Highs in San Luis, Mexico
reaches 58C. 72003 Switzerland records its
hottest day on record as temperatures reach 41.5C in Grono.

Aug 121936 Texas' hottest day on
record. Temperatures peak at 48.9C at Seymour.2002 Temperatures on the north
coast of Crete reach highs of 41.6C at Souda Airport and 44.4C at Iraklion.
Temperatures here generally only reach 36-39C at best and in fact prior
to the 11th and 12th August temperatures at Iraklion had only twice been
close to or over 40C since 1980; once on 4th July 1998 when highs came
close to 44C and again on 11th September 1989 when highs were just short
of 40C. The 44.4C on this day may well be a record, and incredibly temperatures
here were already up to 42C by 0900GMT, just before a sea breeze kicked
in to prevent temperatures getting too high, and say, topping 45C!

Aug 131947 Victoria in Australia
records its coldest night on record when lows at Mt. Hotham drop down to
-12.8C. 132002 Germany registers its
record maximum 24 hour precipitation as 312mm rain falls between the morning
of the 12th and the morning of the 13th at Zinnwald-Georgenfeld in Erzgebergte.
The storm responsible dumped 374mm rain in 36 hours.2003 The joint hottest day
on record in Germany; temperatures reach 40.2C in Karlsruhe.

Aug 141936 Temperatures in eastern
Kansas widely exceed 43C whilst Kansas City, Missouri records its hottest
day in record when highs reach 45C. 71975 The Hampstead Storm,
London. A localized torrential downpour produces 170.8mm rain in 155 minutes
at Hampstead Heath. Just two miles away London Weather Centre recorded
about 5mm rain from the same storm. One man died in the storm, the Underground
was flooded, sewer manhole covers were forced up and within 5 minutes of
the start of the storm a hundred homes were flooded with more than a metre
of water. 141987 Thunderstorms dumped
lots of rain on Chicago's northern and western suburbs. O'Hare airport
had 237.5mm rain in 18 hours which thrashed the city's previous 24 hour
precipitation record of 158.5mm. The ensuign floods closed the airport,
the first time it had been closed due tot weather outside of winter. 202002 Highs in Boston, Massachussetts
reached 38.3C, equalling their August record high set on August 2nd 1975.
The August average here is about 27C. Their record high was set on July
4th 1911 when highs peaked at 40C.2002 136mm rain fell on Vienna,
Austria during the 3 days to 0600 GMT on the 14th. The monthly average
here is 69mm. In the nearby mountains 4 or 5 times the monthly average
rainfall fell.

Aug 151281 A typhoon over the Sea
of Japan becomes known as "The Divine Wind" or Kamikaze when it destroys
an approaching Chinese invasion fleet. 71987 Temperatures reach 38.4C
in Barcelona, the hottest day on record here. 102002 In Odessa, on the Black
Sea coast of Ukraine, recorded 106mm in the 12 hours up to 1800 GMT on
the 15th. The average August rainfall here is 32.6mm. The rain was caused
by the same weather system responsible for some of central Europe's worst
flooding on record.

Aug 161977 Elvis dies in Memphis,
Tennessee where it was a sunny day with highs reaching 34.4C after an overnight
low of 24.4C.

Aug 171885 Amos, California records
the USA's highest August temperature on record. Highs reached 54C. 201915 A hurricane made landfall
near Galveston, Texas producing sustained winds of 120mph and killing 275.
201969 Hurricane
Camille made landfall at Pass Christian, Mississippi producing a storm
surge over 7m high. Sustained winds reached 190mph with gusts over 200mph
and 146 were killed and 5,571 injured. Damage from the hurricane cost more
than a billion a dollars. Camille turned out to be the 11th deadliest and
12th costliest hurricane to strike the USA in the 20th century. Camillie
is also the 2nd most intense hurricane to strike the USA in the 20th century
and one of the top 100 deadliest hurricanes to strike the North Atlantic
Basin since 1492. 20, 282002 36mm rain fell in just
6 hours during the morning and early afternoon in Alexandroupolis, northeastern
Greece; the August average rainfall here is 18mm.2002 Between the 14th and
17th East London on the southeastern coast of South Africa was very wet;
during a 72 hour period 327mm rain fell, 292mm of it in a 42 hour period
between 0600 GMT on the 14th and 0000 GMT on the 16th of which an incredible
210mm fell in just 3 hours during the evening of the 15th. The average
August rainfall here is 43mm. East London wasn't the only place hit by
severe weather during this period; Port Alfred recorded 76.0mm, Patensie
59.6mm, Port Elizabeth 68.5mm and Uitenhage 80.6mm.

Aug 181936 The hottest afternoon
on record in Iowa. The average high of for the 113 weather reporting stations
was 41.4C. 201955 Boston's wettest 24 hour
period occurs during 18-19th; the
passage of Hurricane Diane (after making landfall over the Carolinas)
dumps 213.4mm rain in 24 hours on Boston and causes devastating floods
across much of New England. 271983 Measuring category
3 on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale, Hurricane
Alicia made landfall near Galveston, Texas. On Galveston Island winds
gusted to 130mph and there was a storm surge nearly 4m high. Meanwhile,
in Houston winds gusted to 78mph. The hurricane also spawned 22 tornadoes
in a 24 period, killed 13 people and injured 1800. Alicia was the ninth
costliest hurricane to strike the USA during the 20th century. 20,
281990 Hong Kong's joint hottest
day on record; temperatures reached 36.1C.

Aug 191559 The first hurricane on
record as affecting the USA drove 5 Spanish ships ashore at Pensacola,
Florida. 201845 One of Europe's worst
tornado disasters. A tornado destroys homes and textile and paper mills
at and near Monville, France killing at least 70 people and possibly as
many as 200 people. 211900 Hong Kong's joint hottest
day on record; temperatures reached 36.1C.1939 New Jersey registers
its record maximum 24 hour precipitation as 376.2mm rain falls at Tuckerton.
111955 Connecticut registers
its record maximum 24 hour precipitation as 324.4mm rain falls at Burlington.
Meanwhile, on the same nearby Massachusettes also recorded its record maximum
24 hour precipitation with 461.0mm rain falling at Westfield. 111985 Highs in Los Angeles
reach 40.9C, the hottest August day on record here. 201986 Highs in San Antonio,
Texas reach 42.2C, the hottest August day on record here. At the time this
was also the hottest day on record at any time of the year here, but an
early September heat wave in 2000 saw this record tumble. The previous
hottest day on record here was 41.7C set on 20 August 1909. 201991 Hurricane
Bob hit southern New England. Winds reached 80mph gusting 110mph at
the New Bedford Hurricane Barrier and gusts reached 125mph at Block Island,
Rhode Island, 105mph at Newport Rhode Island, 100mph over Cape Cod and
93mph at Blue Hill, Maine. 198.9mm fell in 24 hours at Portland, Maine,
the wettest 24 hour period on record here. 17 people were killed by Bob
and as well as being the USA's joint 10th costliest hurricane of the 20th
Century Bob was also the worst hurricane to hit New England since Donna
in 1960. 20

Aug 201890 901.7mm rain falls in
24 hours at Tanabe, Japan on the 19th and 20th. 231969 Hurricane
Camille (see August 17th) was merely a tropical depression by the 20th
when she moved across the Mid-Atlantic states. Nevertheless this tropical
depression still packed a punch and produced some very wet weather over
Virginia where extreme flooding killed 109 people. Virginia also registered
its record maximum 24 hour precipitation as 685.8mm rain fell at Nelson
County. 11, 201997 The remnants of Tropical
Storm Ignacio produced some unusually heavy rain for the time of year in
San Francisco, California; 18.5mm rain fell, making this the second wettest
August day ever. Meanwhile, across on the other side of the USA, 282.4mm
rain fell in 24 hours at Atlantic City International Airport. This is the
greatest single day rainfall here. The storm responsible for this wet weather
dumped a total of 343.4mm rain on the airport. 72002 Southern Turkey is normally
very dry in the summer. For example, the average August rainfall at Mugla
in southwestern Turkey is just 8mm. However in the 3 hours between 0900GMT
and 1200GMT 26mm fell during a thunderstorm.

Aug 211889 15mm rain falls at Los
Angeles, the record 24 hour rainfall here. This spell of rain ensured that
Aug 1889 became Los Angeles’ wettest August on record. 71925 Temperatures reach 43.3C
in Fayetteville, North Carolina, the state's hottest day on record. 91992 It snowed in central
and southern Alberta. In some places in snowed until the 23rd and snow
was 60cm deep in places. It was also Edmonton's earliest snowfall since
records began in 1884.1997 140 are killed when one
of China’s worst typhoons in a decade hits Zhejiang and Jiangsu. 7

Aug 221976 Newfoundland, Canada
records its hottest day on record when temperatures peak at 36.7C in Botwood.
It's the hottest day on record in St. John, New Brunswick and Halifax,
Nova Scotia too as temperatures reach 34.4C in both these cities.1994 Hurricane
John became the strongest hurricane on record in the central Pacific
when sustained winds 390 miles south of Hilo, Hawaii reached 170mph and
the pressure in the eye of the storm dropped to 920mb. John was the third
catergory
5 hurricane in a month in the central pacific, something which had
never happened since records began. 202002 96mm rain fell in just
6 hours during the early hours in Chicago casuing local flooding and transport
problems. On average 56mm falls in the whole of August here. The system
that led to this wet weather caused flooding in other parts of Illinois
on the 21st.

Aug 231921 55.9mm rain fell in just
one hour at Denver, Colorado. 201933 The Mid-Atlantic region
was hit by a major
hurricane, the only time on record this has happened. The hurricane
made landfall at Nag's Head, North Carolina and then tracked into Chesapeake
Bay where it generated the highest tidal bore on record there. The hurricane
produced gusts up to 88mph at Norfolk, Virginia and flooded 60% of Atlantic
City and parts of Philadelphia. 201944 The Netherlands' hottest
day on record; temperatures reach 38.6C at Warnsveld near Zutphen in the
east of the country.1992 Record early snow and
cold temperatures in central parts of northern Montana. 12-13cm snow fell
at Great Falls, Montana the first time in 100 years that snow had fallen
here in August. Meanwhile, at Many Glacier 33-34cm snow fell. Great Falls
and Billings also recorded their record August lows as temperatures dipped
to 0C and 4C respectively. 201992 Hurricane
Andrew struck Eleuthera Island in the northern Bahamas producing 150mph
winds and a storm surge close to 7m high. 3 people were killed. Meanwhile
in Nassau winds gusted to 115mph. 201998 The remnants of Tropical
Storm Charley hit Del Rio, Texas dumping 432.6mm rain on the city,
the largest one day rainfall total on record here. 20

Aug 241906 235mm rain fell in just
40 minutes at Guinea, Virginia. 201918 A shower of fish fell
at Sunderland, northeastern England. 231984 The remnants of Tropical
Storm Holly bring heavy rain and snow to parts of southern Alaska.
71990 Thunderstorms over Lomg
Island dumped 125-175mm rain over the area and in Islip 173.5mm rain fell
in 8 hours. Flooding led to parts of some highways to be closed. 201992 Measuring catergory
5 on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale, Hurricane
Andrew hit southern Florida making landfall at Homestead where winds
were 165mph gusting 181mph. The central pressure in the eye of the hurricane
was 922 millibars. At the National Hurricane Center at Coral Gables winds
reached 115mph gusting 164mph. Andrew generated a storm surge of just over
5 metres. 41 people were killed in Florida by Andrew, more than 250,000
were left homeless and more than 125,000 homes were destroyed. Andrew is
the costliest hurricane ever to strike the USA and the behind Hurricane
Camille in 1969 and the Labor Day hurricane of 1935 the third strongest
hurricane on record to affect the USA. 7, 202002 Tlemce, northwestern
Algeria gets on average 2.5mm rain in the whole of August but between 0600
GMT on the 23rd and 0600 GMT on the 24th 45mm rain fell as thunderstorms
moved across northern Algeria. Meanwhile, in Ibiza 60mm rain fell between
1800 GMT on the 23rd and 1200 GMT on the 24th. The average August rainfall
here is 60mm.2002 Prolonged heavy showers
and thunderstorms affected the Netherlands dumping more than 50mm rain
in 21 places in less than 24 hours, something which has only happened 13
times previously since 1951. There was widespread flooding from the rain
and the wettest places included Zevenbergen (near Rotterdam) with 130mm,
Weesp (near Amsterdam) with 101mm and 88mm in Gouda.

Aug 251814 What is thought to be
a tornado hit Washington DC, killing about 30 British troops occupying
the city. 201948 3 people are killed and
80 are injured when a tornado hits the towns of Hamilton and Frankton in
New Zealand. 211948 Toronto's hottest day
on record; temperatures reach 38.3C.2002 77mm rain falls in the
18 hours to 1200 GMT at Perpignan, southern France. This around two and
half times their average August rainfall.

Aug 261895 Snow flurries affected
parts of Pennsylvania, New York and New England with snow observed as far
south as Hartford, Connecticut. 201976 A weak tornado struck
the Hockley Hills near Kiana, Alaska which is just inside the Arctic Circle.
201992 A few days after hitting
southern Florida and moving away into the Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane
Andrew made landfall for a second time near Burns Point, Louisiana
this time as a catergory
3 storm. 92mph winds gusting to 108mph were recorded in Morgan City,
Louisiana and in Hammond, Louisiana 302.8mm rain fell in 24 hours. Andrew
also spawned a tornado which tracked 9 miles from Laplace to Reserve, Louisiana
killing 2 and injuring another 32. All in all this second landfall from
Andrew killed 6 people and the remnants of Andrew went on to spawn 47 tornadoes
in the next 2 or 3 days in southern and mid-Atlantic states.
201948 Niagara Falls records
its hottest day on record as highs reached 38.3C.2002 In the 30 hours ending
1200 GMT on the 26th 107mm rain fell in Nimes, southern France causing
local flooding. The average August rainfall here is 45mm.

Aug 271881 335 people were killed
when a hurricane hit Georgia. Savannah and Charleston were among the worst
affected places. 201893 More than 1,000 people
were killed by a hurricane induced storm surge at Charleston, South Carolina.
The hurricane made landfall at Savannah, Georgia where winds reached 120mph.
201948 Temperatures reached
37.2C in Buffalo, New York, the hottest day on record here.
201964 Miami and south Florida
was hit by a hurricane for the first time since 1950. Hurricane
Cleo brought 100mph winds gusting 135mph to Miami.
201970 93mm rain fell in just
one hour at Elko, Nevada. 201973 Canada's heaviest ever
recorded hailstone falls at Cedoux in Saskatchewan. It weighs 290g which,
in European Union countries, is just a little bit more than a pack of butter
weighs!1986 Rain, snow and ice pellets
fell at Sault Ste Marie, Michigan during the evening. This is the first
time wintry precipitation fell here in August since records begun in July
1888. 201995 South Carolina registers
its record maximum 24 hour precipitation as 431.8mm rain falls at Antreville.
11

Aug 281961 La Coruna on the tip
of northwestern Spain records its hottest day on record as temperatures
peak at 39.6C. Oh, and by the way, if it thunders in La Coruna there's
a 50% chance that it'll thunder it the Netherlands within the next 24 hours!
101971 For the second day in
a row New Jersey was hit by heavy rain from Tropical Storm Doria which
made landfall over western Long Island and southwestern Connecticut before
moving away north northeastwards. Winds on the southern New England coast
gusted to 75mph whilst Newark, New Jersey recorded their record 24 precipitation
when 199.1mm rain fell in 24 hours. The Princeton-Millstone area of New
Jersey was even wetter with around 280mm rain falling in 36 hours. Needless
to day there were problems with flooding. This was the worst tropical storm/hurricane
activity in New England since Hurricane Donna in 1960.
201990 29 were killed and 350
injured when an F5 tornado struck Kendall and Will Counties in northern
Illinois. 201992 Typhoon Omar hit Guam
in the western Pacific with winds of 125mph. Gusts of 150mph and 170mph
were recorded at Andersen Air Force Base, where 416.9mm rain fell, and
Agana Naval Air Station respectively. This was Guam's strongest typhoon
since Typhoon Pamela in 1976. 20

Aug 291962 Louisiana registers its
record maximum 24 hour precipitation as 558.8mm rain falls at Hackberry.
111965 The USA’s snowiest August
day on record is recorded when around 6cm snow falls on Mount Washington,
New Hampshire. Meanwhile, overnight lows dropped below freezing in parts
of Vermont. 72002 Thunderstorms dumped
120mm rain on Kerkyra, Corfu in the 6 hours between 0600 GMT and 1200 GMT.
The average August rainfall here is 18mm.

Aug 301839 A hurricane off the northeastern
US coasts dumps snow on the Catskill Mountains in New York State. 201982 Cold in the northeastern
US; 7-8cm snow fell in parts of Vermont and 31 cities in New England recorded
record lows. 202000 Little Rock, Arkansas
and Audubon Park, New Orleans siet record highs reaching 43.9C and 39.4
respectively. 202002 Late August 2002 saw
Typhoon Rusa strike South Korea causing widespread flooding. Among the
rainfall highlights was a fall of 671mm rain in 24 hours on this day at
Gangneung in northern South Korea just east of Seoul. This is close to
three times their average August rainfall. Meanwhile in Kangnung 915mm
fell in 30 hours. 187 people were killed by Rusa, the strongest typhoon
to hit South Korea since Sarah in 1959 when 840 died. Rusa also gave eastern
and southern South Korea their wettest weather since records began in the
1930's.

Aug 311889 15.5mm rain falls in
Los Angeles, the wettest 24 hour period in August here, and the largest
monthly total for August. 71911 1033.8mm rain falls in
24 hours at Funkiko, Japan. 231954 Hurricane
Carol made landfall in New England producing gusts up to 120mph in
southern New England. In Boston winds reached 86mph gusting 100mph. 60
people were killed. This was New England's second worst hurricane of the
20th century and only one in 1938 was worse. 201987 Lows dropped to freezing
in Aberdeen, North Dakota the first time on record this happened here in
August. 201993 Hurricane
Emily hit the outer banks of North Carolina. Winds at Cape Hatteras
gusted to 98-107mph and 190.8mm rain fell. After the eye passed this region
winds increased to a peak of 103mph gusting 148mph. 20